I love mail on Mondays! There is usually extra mail that arrives due to the mail moving on the weekend. Today I received a pair of packages. The first was from Pat Gillick who signed my 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame yearbook. The second was from Mike E who lives in Iowa and was able to get me a bunch of Twins stuff signed when the St Paul Saints played the Iowa Cubs. Mike got me:
Zebby Matthews game used baseball from his debut game with the date
Zebby Matthews 2025 Topps Heritage #309
David Festa 2025 Topps #178
David Festa 2025 Topps Heritage #249
David Festa 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-89
Edouard Julien 2025 Topps Now Opening Day #OD-82
Kenta Maeda 2023 Topps #US97
Jose Miranda 2025 Topps Heritage #4
Jose Miranda Topps Living Legends #564
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.4.2024 #376
Jose Miranda Topps Now 7.6.2024 #389
Jose Miranda Topps Now 4.7.2023 #68 (already signed by Kyle Farmer)
A great day of mail!
Kooz!
Jerry Koosman came through for me today! Today’s mail brought in three magazines! Kooz signed the following for me:
1970 True’s Baseball Yearbook
Spring 1970 Baseball Sports Special
07.1968 Baseball Digest
What a fun package to open!
A Box of Prospects!
Chris L (ChrisL999 on SCN) has gotten me a TON of autographs of top prospects over the last few years. Today’s mail brought in a dozen baseballs all signed beautifully! The prospects in this box include:
Brailer Guerrero
Yoeilin Cespedes
Chris Haciopian
Henry Godbout
Brad Lord
Roch Cholowski
Henry Ford
Braylon Doughty
Carson Benge
Jonathan Santucci
Theo Gillen
Aiden Smith
Some of these guys are expected to be first round picks in this summer’s baseball draft. It is exciting to get these guys now and follow their success, or failure, in their MLB careers.
I am excited to meet Chris and his wife next month when I get to a game in Washington, DC!
Twins Minors
I found Mike E in a Facebook group around January this year when he offered a card for sale I needed. Since then we communicated a little via Messenger and he helped acquire Twins AAA autographs when the Saints visited Iowa. He has another batch now for next week when the Saints revisit Iowa. He does a great job on autographs for my collection. Today’s batch included:
Zebby Matthews ticket w/”MLB Debut!”, 2025 Topps #283
Randy Dobnak ticket w/”1st MLB Win!”
Jair Camargo ticket w/”MLB Debut”, 2024 Topps Heritage #633
Austin Martin 2024 Topps Heritage #649
I am really excited to add these to my collection and to see how successful Mike is with the next batch! Thanks a lot Mike!